E72.10

E72.10: Disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism, unspecified

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

E72.10 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism, unspecified. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check E72.10 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above E72.10

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on E72.1: Disorders of sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism

cystinosis (E72.04)
cystinuria (E72.01)
transcobalamin II deficiency (D51.2)

Written on E72: Other disorders of amino-acid metabolism

disorders of:
aromatic amino-acid metabolism (E70.-)
branched-chain amino-acid metabolism (E71.0-E71.2)
fatty-acid metabolism (E71.3)
purine and pyrimidine metabolism (E79.-)
gout (M1A.-, M10.-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

E72.10 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56416Billing and Coding: Assays for Vitamins and Metabolic Function

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Disorder›sulfur-bearing amino-acid metabolism
Disorder›metabolism NOS›amino-acid›sulfur-bearing
Disturbance›metabolism›amino-acid›sulfur-bearing

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.